Lid-support.



- C. A. BRATT & C. M. HOLCQMB.

HD SUPPORT. APPLICATION FILED AUG.29| 1-911.

Patented Mar. 12, 1918.

notched or divided lower UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CLAYTON A. IBI RAT T AND CHARLES M. HOLCOMB, OF J'AMESTOWN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNORS TO WEBER-KNAPP COMPANY, OF J'AMESTOWN, NEW YORK, A COR-- PORATION.

LID-SUPPORT.

Patented Mar. 12, 1918.

Application filed August 29, 1917. Serial No. 188,865.

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that we, CLAYTON A. BRATT and CHARLES M. HoLcoMB, citizens of the United States, residing at the city of J amestown, in the county of Chautauqua and State "of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Lid-Support, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying-drawings, isa specification. Y w v The invention relates to lid supports; and the object of the improvement is to provide a supporting plate having bridged double slots and a swing carrying plate for a swing support bar for the-lid, said bar having a end with two lugs which engage astride the bridging between said double slots, provision being made in one of said double slots for the complete insertion and removal of said support bar; and the invention consists in the novel features and combinations hereinafter set forth and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a portion of the top of a receptacle with the slotted plate attached thereon and the swing support bar for the lid andswing carrying plate which carries said swing support bar into engagement wit-h said slotted plate, the parts being shown in the disengaged position when the lid is closed; and Fig. 2 1s a similar view of the parts in the position, which they will assume when the lid is raised, the notched end of the support bar being carried over in the notched end of the carrying plate to engage the bridging of the slotted plate; and Fig. 3 is a similar'view after engagement, the lid being shown in the raised and supported position and the swing carrying plate in the dropped position. Fig. l 1s a plan view of responding parts in the several views.

the receptacle The numeral 10 designates cover for the and the numeral 11 the lid 0 The lid 11 has a. bracket plate 12 attached thereto which pivotally supports on a depending lugthe swinging support bar 13, the bar 13 being freely pivotal at 14 on said depending lug on the plate 12. The lower end of the support bar 13 has the notch 15 extending into the end and side of the same, the-lower end 16 being turned sidewise to form a of a slotted plate 17 attached to the top of stop which engages on the underside i the receptacle 10 to limit the upward movement of the lid-ll, the notch lohavin'g the guide walls on its opposite sides for engagement with the plate 17.

The plate 17 isprovided with the closed slots 18 and 19 which are preferably in alinement and have the bridging or crossbar 2O therebetween over which the notched end 15 of the support bar 13 engages when in the cover supporting position, as shown in Fig. 3. The slot 19 also has the sidewise opening 21 which permits the angular end 16 passing therethrough thereby permitting the removal or insertion of the support bar 13 to and from the plate 17. y

The plate 17 is providedwith a downwardly projecting portion 22 which may be a part thereof or attached thereto by spot welding or anly similar process that will firmly attach t e same. A swing carrying plate 23 is pivotally attached at 28 to the portion 22 of the downwardly pro ecting plate 17 near one side of the same, the

1 length of the swing carrying plate 23 being apportioned to carry the swing support bar 13 into position against the bridge 20 so that said bar is forced into positive engagement with said bridge when the lid is raised, after which the swing carrying plate 23 drops out of engagement with the support bar 12, having no other otficethanthis carrying action. In order to insure the positive action of the swingcarrying plate 23 in its engagement withthe angular end 16 of the swing support bar 13, a notch 24 is provided infthe swing carrying plate 23 into which the angularend 16 fits, asshown in Fig. 2, which notch 24 holds the end 16 of the bar 13 from slipping downward on the swing plate 23 as it carries the support bar 13 forward into contact with the brldging portion 20 of the plate 17. Theupper side 25of the plate 23 is curved slightly in order to form a stop against the underside of the slotted plate 1 so that the support bar 13 is stopped at the the turned end 16 of the bar 131 401 said swingmg stiid.slettedixilhher,

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9. In a lid support, swingahle means formed for connection with the lid, means Gopies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the guiding said first means during opening and closing of the lid, means for shifting the first means from its normal path on opening of the lid, and means arranged in front of the shifting means for engaging said first means when out of its normal path for holding the lid open.

In testimony whereof we have afiixed our signatures in the presence of two Witnesses.

CLAYTON A. BRATT. CHARLES M. HOLCOMB. Witnesses:

H. A. SANDBERG, I. E. NORDSTROM.

Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

